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VLC < 3.0.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities
critical Nessus Plugin ID 126246
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Synopsis
The remote Windows host contains a media player that is affected by a multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The version of VLC media player installed on the remote host is earlier than 3.0.7. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:- A heap-based buffer overflow condition exists in ReadFrame due to improper parsing of AVI files. A remote attacker can exploit this by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted avi file to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code.(CVE-2019-5439)
- A double free vulnerability exists in zlib_decompress_extra due to improper parsing of MKV files. A remote attacker can exploit this by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted MKV file to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code.(CVE-2019-12874)
- An Integer underflow in VLC Media Player versions < 3.0.7 leads to an out-of-band read..(CVE-2019-5459)
- A double free vulnerability exists which lead to VLC application to crash.
(CVE-2019-5460)
Solution
Upgrade to VLC version 3.0.7 or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 126246
File Name: vlc_3_0_7.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 6/25/2019
Updated: 12/5/2022
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12874
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:videolan:vlc_media_player
Required KB Items: SMB/VLC/Version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/24/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/24/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-12874, CVE-2019-5439, CVE-2019-5459, CVE-2019-5460